In a nod to Halloween, the theme of the night will be “fear and perseverance.” Along with badass readers from the other publications, our own columnists Verónica Bayetti Flores and Mahroh Jahangiri will be reading. Afterwards, there’ll be music and drinks for all.

We’re really looking forward to the chance to connect with some of our readers in person. So if you’re in the NYC area, we hope you’ll join us. And spread the Facebook invite far and wide!

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Maya Dusenbery is executive director in charge of editorial at Feministing. She is the author of the forthcoming book Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (HarperOne, March 2018). She has been a fellow at Mother Jones magazine and a columnist at Pacific Standard magazine. Her work has appeared in publications like Cosmopolitan.com, TheAtlantic.com, Bitch Magazine, as well as the anthology The Feminist Utopia Project. Before become a full-time journalist, she worked at the National Institute for Reproductive Health. A Minnesota native, she received her B.A. from Carleton College in 2008. After living in Brooklyn, Oakland, and Atlanta, she is currently based in the Twin Cities.

Maya Dusenbery is an executive director of Feministing and author of the forthcoming book Doing Harm on sexism in medicine.

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